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- From: dave@revcan.rct.ca (David Blackwood)
- Subject: Re: Top level domains (was Re: Mixed format addresses)
- Organization: Revenue Canada, Taxation; Office Communications Division
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:41:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <C0E6HJ.4B3@revcan.rct.ca>
- References: <930101.040025.7n1.rusnews.w165w@ricksys.lonestar.org> <0QvRrAPBBh107h@boombox.apana.org.au> <TRSNYDER.93Jan4145021@vf0031.mcs.drexel.edu>
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- In article <TRSNYDER.93Jan4145021@vf0031.mcs.drexel.edu> trsnyder@mcs.drexel.edu (Bob Snyder) writes:
- >In article <0QvRrAPBBh107h@boombox.apana.org.au> djk@boombox.apana.org.au (David Keegel) writes:
- >
- > Because (f'r instance) .GOV ought to either mean "Governments of some
- > kind, all over the world" or "World governments". Well, that's what
- > seems logical to me, anyway.
- >
- >Seems logical to me too.
-
- > Philosophicaly, I think the USA would look a lot less arrogant to the
- > rest of The Net if its govt depts/agencies were in gov.us or us.gov.
- > IMHO, the only govt with a right to be at the top level of .gov would
- > be the UN (unless they want to allow all comers).
- >
- >This is your opinion on how the net should be. Not everyone agrees. Actually,
- >I would probably argue that the UN is a organization, and falls under .org,
-
- A similar debate is currently raging in can.domain too. I tried
- registering as rct.gov.ca and was refused by the ca domain authorities.
- It was shortened to rct.ca ostensibly because gov is an American top
- level domain anomaly.
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